Beyond the lunatic asylum of the 19th century its legacy, my family, and the madness within

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

The dark history of leprosy discrimination

An idyllic neighbourhood on the edge of Berlin was once home to elite Nazis who carried out some of the worst crimes of the era. Eighty years on, the families that live there are still grappling with its tangled legacy. Sally McGrane reports

Author Tanith Carey’s world fell apart as a child when her dad left. Fifty years on, she’s still dealing with the aftershocks

The mental illness epidemic

Bourgeois chronicler of multicultural London who tended to deify black foreigners and demonise native whites